[or-roots] logging photos
Eugene V. Barnes
evbarnes at earthlink.net
Sun Dec 18 15:14:16 PST 2005
My gradfather was a surveyor and a logger. My father almost lost the first four ifngers of his left hand in his
early years in the logging camps. My father's sister
married a man who had been a tree topper in his youth.
During WWII he was badly injured on a log raft on the
Willametter River. One of his brothers lost a finger
in a logging accident and used the money to buy
his family an electric photograph.
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From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Sunday, December 18, 2005 2:31 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] logging photos
Gene
Unfortuneatly I do not know a whole lot about the Jones Family mt father was adopted, so mostly all I have is his adopted family, they were pionners in Clark County also lived in the Fairview area.
Glen Portland
Turning white here.
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Glen A. Jones
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From: "Eugene V. Barnes" <evbarnes at earthlink.net>
My Jones are from Wales, migreated to Iowa and
Nebraska, 3rd generation Or. WA, CA. Could not
find suggested photo on that site. It kept kicking
over to the main genealogical site.
Thanks for the tip. Have a Merry Christmas.
Gene
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From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 3:18 PM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] logging photos
Gene if you want to see some old logging photos, and I do not have a lot of them on the site yet, but here is my genealogy site.
http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/j/o/n/Glen-Arthur-Jones/
It is case sensitive so be sure to cap my name, the photo of the four ladies on horseback in the tree notch is there list as unknown.
Glen Jones Portland, Oregon
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Glen A. Jones
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From: "Eugene V. Barnes" <evbarnes at earthlink.net>
Glenn:
In would like to see that. My gr grf had an interest in a saw
mill near Lake Minnetonka. His younger bro and bro in law
bought land, cleared the timber, and sold the land for a
fair profit. My gr gf had a development in Markville according
to a an 1898 map.
Gene Barnes,
Calif.
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From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 10:28 AM
Subject: Re: [or-roots] Unionizing the OR logging industry
Jim what part on MN. I have a nephew in Bloomington.
I have one photo I would love to ID. you know how they notched trees for falling, well this tree is notched for falling with four ladies on horseback in the notch, but no id for who they are or where taken.
Glen Portland Oregon
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Glen A. Jones
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From: wb0dml at comcast.net
Hi Glen. Thanks for the suggestion...will give it a try. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. Blessings from MN Jim
PS Old phots's are neat. I'm sure you cherish them.
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From: glenkc7mbm at comcast.net
There are a number of books out on the Oregon Logging industry, you might run a search on them, My grandfather was a logger in 1910 as well as some of my other relatives, have some old photos.
Glen Portland
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Glen A. Jones
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From: wb0dml at comcast.net
Hi Cecil......a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours. Thanks for your email. The reason I have made this post is that I had a first cousin once removed who was a logger living in a mobile home in Sweet Home. Family legend says he and his wife died in a fire caused by a union bombing. I have the coronor's report and they did die in a fire. The coronor's report says they were seen drinking earlier in the evening and they were both smokers. This was in 1952. The bodies weren't discovered until after the fire was put out???? Investigations weren't that thorough in those days. What are your thoughts about the possibilities of the bombing theory being correct.
As an aside. I am ex RM2 USN. I was in from July '59 until November '63. I spent 18 months on Guam and the remainder of my hitch on the USS Manatee AO-58. Thanks again for your post. Jim Minneapolis
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From: "Cecil Houk" <cchouk at cox.net>
I'm not sure just when my father became a logger in the Sweet Home, Linn Co., OR area, but it was in the 1940's. I do recall he belonged to the Union in Sweet Home until he got fed up with the corruption ca 1952. He told them what they could do with their union. He was black balled and never held another good job in the woods around Linn County!
At that time the biggest house in Sweet Home belonged to the head of the union. Hmmmm??
Cecil
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From: wb0dml at comcast.net
To: or-roots at sosinet.sos.state.or.us
Sent: Friday, December 16, 2005 1:13 PM
Subject: [or-roots] Unionizing the OR logging industry
Greetings to all listers. I have a rather intense interest in finding out the extent to which efforts existed to unionize the logging industry in Oregon in the late 40's and early 50's. A special focus is on Linn and Marion counties. Any books, articles, or personal experience/knowledge of the topic would be very much appreciated. Blessings to all. Jim Minneapolis
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